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A new joint centre focusing on teaching and researching entrepreneurship has been established between Kingston Business School and Zhejiang University.
Zhejiang University, based in the Hangzhou province, is one of China’s leading universities and is particularly known for innovation and entrepreneurship, producing more patents than any other Chinese University.
The new centre, called the ‘Global...

Kingston Business School has partnered with the prestigious Boston University to offer postgraduate students a flexible, high quality, international education which will see students graduate with two degrees from both institutions.
World-renowned, Boston University is ranked number 50 in the world Times Higher Education 2014 and 37 in the world by US News & World Report Best Global...

In the QS Fulltime MBA rankings, Kingston ranked higher than many of our nearest competitors to come in at number 43 out of 200 in Europe . The Kingston MBA comes in as the 19th based in the UK, ahead of other competitors that have triple accreditation and ahead of several business schools of highly ranked universities. Chris Bristow, Director of the MBA programmes had this to say ‘I am...

Kingston Business School has doubled the number of its masters courses ranked in the latest 2014 Eduniversal rankings, with six courses of which four are now ranked in the top 50 and two courses in the top 100.
Notably, the MA in Creative Industries and the Creative Economies has made an impressive jump up from 25 to 18 in the global rankings, placing it in the top twenty Arts and Cultural...

DART, one of the research groups in the department hosted its first PracAdemics BarCamp where top practitioners in the area of risk met with academics to link theory and practice in risky decision-making in operational, tactical and strategic emergencies.
We had a very successful event with over 25 people that included academics and top practitioners from the Police, Fire and Rescue...

Kingston's first student-run business incubator space, which is to be known as the Kingston Nest, has been launched at Kingston Business School.
Kingston Nest is a place for students to hatch Kingston's next phase of businesses, offering a space on campus where students can work on their business ideas with close access to their study areas. Kingston Nest will be able to offer students advice and...

Associate Professor in Occupational Psychology at Kingston University, Rachel Lewis is the recipient of the prestigious British Psychological Society’s (BPS) Practitioner of the Year award for 2014.
Rachel received the award jointly with her business partner Emma Donaldson-Feilder. Their research looked in depth at how best to develop and support managers in creating long-term employee engagement...

This year 250 Deans and Directors from universities in 154 countries have given Kingston Business School an Excellent rating for the 7th consecutive year!
The latest Eduniversal Best 1000 Business Schools ranking has given Kingston three Palmes of Excellence with a reinforcing international influence. Deans and Directors at the 7th Eduniversal World Convention gathered in October this year and...

In two special Business School events, successful entrepreneurs were invited to talk about the ups and downs of building a business. Whether an entrepreneur has staff across the world or works from the kitchen table, the questions about how to turn ideas into a thriving enterprise are the same: where to focus their energy, how make their product indispensable, how to raise money and how to become...

Iraq will win the battle against Islamic State fighters because of its enduring traditions and founding principles as a nation, the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to the country Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne has predicted.
The former Liberal Democrat MP and member of the European Parliament was speaking ahead of receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Kingston University's Faculty...